The Head of the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Commision (Conatel), Eng. Juan Carlos Duarte Dure, explained that the Paraguayan regulator has seven regional TV channels available on the VHF system, and is not distributing them. It is also unknown if a public tender can be made during this year. The TV channels will be available at [...]
As reported by Honduran newspaper El Heraldo, that country’s National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) is developing an audit in order to determine which companies are meeting the measure that, by January 2020, 500 TV channels must migrate to DTT in the country. Six years ago, Conatel came to terms with TV operators in the country, that [...]
African Movie Channel has launched the African Movie Channel Series (AMC Series) on the StarTimes platforms. AMC Series is a premium 24-hour African entertainment channel, showcasing TV soaps, comedy and drama mainly from Nigeria as well as from all over Africa. AMC Series viewers will also have exclusive access to various AMC in-house productions like [...]
In Zambia, the digital migration could be delayed by cash flow problems of TopStar, the country’s technical partner. A source within TopStar Communications, under condition of anonymity, told ITWeb Africa that the company is battling to raise enough revenue to sustain its operation and even begin to repay the loan – adding that the company [...]
Sidy Diagne, CEO at Excaf Telecom, which is the government’s technical partner in Senegal believes that migration should be completed by the end of 2019. This period, which is several months ahead of International Telecommunication Union, set for June 2020, would result from government pressure on its technical partner. Of the 25 sites that the [...]
Victor Martinez, Technical Manager at the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), confirmed that the country has delayed the analog blackout, now scheduled to take place on December 31st, 2021, one year after it was originally agreed. Martinez also reported that DTT migration will take place in stages, starting in Asuncion and surrounding cities. ‘Paraguayan market [...]
According to what was reported on Paraguayan newspaper ‘Ultima Hora’’s website, Ernesto Caceres, LG’s Commercial Manager, told the previous mentioned media that all the company’s models are prepared for the standard that Paraguay will adopt when implementing the analog blackout. ‘I can express myself only for the brand we represent. I have no information available [...]
Costa Rica is starting its first stage of the analog blackout implementation, which will take place in a staggered way according to what the country’s Science, Technology and Telecommunications Ministry reported (MiCiTT). DTT migration’s first step will be concluded by August 15th, in which channels 2 to 69 will we available on digital network, although [...]
According to what the Paraguayan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) officially reported, and, with the aim of planning the analog blackout implementation, scheduled for next year in the country, an important meeting took place this Tuesday at the regulator’s auditorium between the entity’s senior officials and representatives from the Paraguayan TV Broadcasters Chamber (Catelpar) and the [...]
Colombian TV channel Telepacifico today launched Origen Channel, its second DTT frequency, with content ‘directed, produced, starred and inspired by the indigenous and Afro-Colombian universe’, said Cesar Galviz Molina, Telepacifico’s General Manager. The channel will feature African-American and indigenous productions from Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Choco and Nariño, the four main Colombian afro departments. Galvez [...]